Don’t Get Your Friends Into The Wake Up Now Scam!

Product Name: Wake Up Now

Advertised Price: $24.95/month, $49.95/month, $99.95/month

Rating: 25/100

What Is It?

Pay a monthly subscription fee to get discounts on various products/services. Sell subscriptions to your friends in an MLM/Pyramid scheme fashion.

Short Review

In case you didn't know network marketing is very similar to a pyramid scheme. The products and services featured in Wake Up Now can be found at OTHER companies that provide better service, higher quality products, and are not associated with sketchy business “opportunities”.

Remember: It's very likely that you'll be scamming friends and family with this stuff, so think long and hard if you would let someone close to you join something like this.

Before You Buy

No doubt the person trying to get you in on this opportunity told you two basic things.

You can make a bunch of money doing this

Wake Up Now has a great line of products.

Let's address these two points.

1. There is a very high probability that you will make almost nothing. In fact, less than 1% of people selling this product make more than $8 grand per year.

56% of people make $0.10 per year. 4% make about 8 grand. Less than 1% make any sort of real income.

2) Anything you can buy through WUN can be bought somewhere else, for cheaper, or with more value.

Why on Earth would I have WUN be my travel agent when I could use Expedia or Priceline, two companies that do this professionally, and are multi-billion dollar companies with the infrastructure to provide better deals and better support?

Would you trust Norton, McAfee, or a sales pitch called “Wake Up Now” to protect your computer from viruses and identity theft? I think the choice is obvious.

And there's really not reason at all why I would choose to order some expensive energy drinks from this company when I can buy a Monster at the gas station for $1.50, or a Red Bull, or a Rock Star, or Amp, or the million other types of drinks out there.

The only reason do to any of these things would be if you were paying a monthly subscription

What I liked

As much as I knock their product line, I think they do a lot better job than these other companies that restrict their products to “digital downloads”. This is NOT an endorsement of this company, I just try to find something positive in every product/system I review.

What I didn't Like

The number one issue with this type of company is that paying a subscription to save money is ridiculous. I do not see the value in spending an extra $100 per month so that I can save money on energy drinks and vacations.

People get involved in “biz ops” like this because they want to make money. They want to change their lives for the better, provide themselves with more income, or achieve financial independence.

But how can you do this when you are paying a monthly fee in order to save money on items that you normally wouldn't buy?

This is not making money. It's just consumerism

Another issue I have with this company and network marketing in general is that this will NOT be a strong foundation for your future. Most people spend a lot of time hopping from one company to the next, each time buying into the “revolutionary system”, the “game changing product”, and the chance to “get in on the ground floor” before things really get hot…

But I've heard these stories so many times, and just a few years later, no one is talking about them.

Because no one wants to buy this junk. In my opinion, getting ANYONE into something like this means you are scamming them. I would not advise anyone to join anything that I would not join myself.

THIS is what Wake Up Now wants you to think you will be

But in reality, THIS is what you will be

Most of your work will be cold calling friends and family, telling them how great these deals are, how fantastic the product line is, and how much money they can make. Does this sound like you dream job to you? Not me.

Hilarious Short Movie About Verve, Vemma, And Wake Up Now

Are all your friends spamming Instagram and Facebook telling you what a life-changing opportunity this is? Do they get mad when you ask too many questions or say you're not interested? Network Marketers are no stranger to brainwashing. Watch the video below.

Final Review

What Now?

I know you want to make money, and I can teach you how to do it. But we need to get a few things straight:

1) You need to be willing to LEARN

2) You need to put in some TIME before you see results

I write reviews on One More Cup of Coffee because I want to show folks like you how to build a strong foundation to your very first online business. I started out in 2010 with a tiny little website making $0 per month, and now I work for myself full time.

UPDATE

Nathaniell

What's up ladies and dudes! Great to finally meet you, and I hope you enjoyed this post. My name is Nathaniell and I'm the owner of One More Cup of Coffee. I started my first online business in 2010 promoting computer software and now I help newbies start their own businesses. Sign up for my #1 recommended training course and learn how to start your business for FREE!

Comments

Jared mcfeelysays

February 20, 2015 at 1:10 am

As someone that knows a little about this stuff let me give you this info for free. You should know this all already….MLM is NOT for everyone. I don’t do MLM anymore but had some success in it. The problem is people sign people up left and right to make their money, but the people they sign up (and a fair chance themselves too) are not going to be successful at it. It’s not cut out for everyone. I’d say about 4% of people that do it make any real amount of money. Avoid MLM altogether unless you have a HUGE (and I mean huge) network of people you actually interact with on a daily basis and there is a legitimate product. Vemma has amazing products but the business model is terrible. Wake up now has no actual product, only discounts on things. Find the right fit if you dare to get into MLM.

My question to you is – if YOU had success, what happens to your downline? My issue with MLM is not that you can’t make money doing it. I know that it makes people millionaires. My issue is that most MLMs are completely dishonest, and the only people making real money are the ones that are recruiting and get their recruits to recruit. If you count people just making retail sales, I think most people fail hard.

BTW, on an additional note, WakeUpNow has officially stopped their US operations. For anyone reading, please look at the original date of my post here, and maybe now you’ll see that I’m not BSing people here on my blog.

Eddiesays

November 23, 2014 at 4:40 am

Had an old HS friend I hadn’t seen in at least 5 years call me outta the blue a few years ago and ask to meet up for a drink. After no more than 15 minutes of actual conversation, it turned into a sales pitch for MonaVie and the world infamous acai berry. I sternly declined the offer, and we didn’t speak again for another few years until he had the nerve to call me again about an offer with ANOTHER company. Obviously MonaVie didn’t earn him the early retirement in Tahiti he was promised. I loved when I declined again, he just started to rattle off names of fellow graduates and asked if I had any of their phone numbers.

My favorite experience was when an OLDER SISTER of a girl I graduated with, not friends with, just graduated with, called me. How many degrees of people she had to go through to get my number I can’t imagine. Mind you I also had NEVER MET the older sister before. The best was her opening statement after the awkward pleasantries one would expect to begin a phone conversation with someone you’d never met. It was something along the lines of, “My sister and I were just talking about driven, intelligent people and your name came up.” I’m not sure I need to say any more.

Haha. Awesome story Eddie. Similar thing happened to me, although I wasn’t contacted.

I was Facebook snooping some old high school people and one girl kept popping up talking about her new business and how she was helping families get financially secure etc etc. But it was very odd that whenever someone would ask where she worked or what she did, she’d say “send me a private message”. Did some digging and found her LinkedIn Profile. It was also MLM, and she was deep in, going to conferences etc.

So basically she was selling MLM on Facebook and preaching like she was saving destitute families. Nuts.

LaToyasays

November 12, 2014 at 4:36 am

I can say I agree totally what you said. I am so happy you pit this post out there. I was in wun since Dec and have only reached director 3. I was tired of my sponsor bugging me and pressuring me to follow up with people and trying to sign them up then having to bother my friends and family. Did I actually see myself paying $100/ Mo just to save money where I can go right somewhere else? How about paying an extra $90 for vacation club? When I heard about that I thought it was included! I haven’t made but $100 back enough to pay for my membership. I left because others were leaving for the same reason they left: not enough money to keep up with every month + finding people to join. I found something even better not dealing with mlm or recruiting and making people switch stores or pay monthly subscription to buy products. I literally just wasted my hard earned time and money!!! You don’t have to recruit to make money.

The buzz around WUN has died out, and people are starting to leave. It’s the same story every time. There will no doubt be a new one pop up soon enough. Be on the watch out for the next “incredible opportunity never been done before”!

Morene Kernssays

October 28, 2014 at 6:29 pm

Hi, I was actually just wondering if you’ve ever reviewed [removed]? I’m curious as to your opinion. I find them to be extremely reputable with an amazing product that people actually want and use, with phenomenal documented results. Let me know.

I haven’t reviewed them, but I’ll add them to the list. I had to remove your product mention because the link and endorsement was bordering on promotional. Thanks for hte comment though!

Andysays

November 21, 2014 at 7:28 am

Still Confused About Money??? WUN is a way to share an opportunity to save and manage money and live a better life, bottom line. I saved $30 copay going to a doctor to get a prescription for antibiotics for bronchitis by using WUN MDs Teledoc service. I get a free tea every day stopping by the Cefco, and a free hamburger at Sonic for my buddy buy one get one free, just one of the hundreds of coupons provided to save money. Wunfinance helps me manage my accounts so I stay on budget. Taxbot calculates all my mileage and expenses from the app on my phone, so I can turn it in and get money back on my tax returns. I’m using wun speak language software to learn Spanish so I can keep up with the growing community of Spanish speakers. I get all this free because I have 3 people under me doing the same. So what’s Scam about this. What’s scam about using these services for free? I’m not in the 600 club yet, but I feel I will get there with this company faster than any other company, and if not well, I will just enjoy using these services at no cost to me, but sharing it with others and they do the same. So what’s scam about it? Oh and Thunder is an awesome energy drink. Coming from someone who was a Red Bull fanatic. Thunder is all natural with only 10 calories, no sugar made with Green Tea, Acai Berry and Pomegranate juices, not one person that I’ve shared them with has said they were not any good.

I have a dear friend telling me for the past month that “Wake Up Now” is a great money making opportunity. She is saying that she is getting ready to make her first 600 bucks because she has signed up 12 people and the money starts rolling in after that. The young lady that had her join this network marketing business makes 20K a month and is a die hard advocate and fan of “Wake Up Now”. I read your concerns but I’m still torn. Did you find that there was anyway to continuously make money? How are we scamming our friends and family if they use the tools given?

Ok, so your friend signed up a friend. And that friend signs up her friends…where are YOUR friends to sign up? And when they sign up, what about THEIR friends? it’s an endless chain til there are no friends left to sign up, and the thing collapses.

If you go out and sell a subscription to a discount service, then OK, I could see this working. But the vast majority of people join for the income opportunity, NOT the products. That’s what makes this a scam.

Don’t think about yourself and how YOU can make money. Think about the people that sign up – are they getting value from their membership or are they just looking to make money?

Eddie Gonzalessays

August 29, 2014 at 9:37 am

“wow” Nathanielle, you are the one trying to scam. Your trying to do a bait and switch witch is a dirty trick…. Not nice or ethical!!! I’m in direct door 2 door sales in which people have always said was not worthy! I make more money than most people with a formal education….. I’m an entrepreneur! Commitment and hard work have provided me a great living unlike no other! This is in defense to mlm. It provides a great future to many who are willing to follow the steps needed in order to reach different levels. It’s called hard, hard wk.. Success isn’t easy! I know several people in different mlm companies that receive a substantial residual income, and guess what I’m sure they enjoy it every month because they deserve it… Again hard work pays off…. To many people are lazy and don’t know what hard work is, they want something for nothing!!! My advice to anyone reading this, is never listen to anyone that discourages you from success find a mlm company with a product you can believe in, get with the leaders of that company and find out what they did in order to reach that level then duplicate it…. Reach for the stars and your dreams and let no one like Nathanielle discourage you from your dreams and goals!!!!!!

There is no bait and switch, so I think you need to get your idioms straight. WUN is a scam, and that’s what my article says. I don’t see an issue with also telling people what’s worked for me. Folks can make up their own mind, and are still welcome to read the info for what it is, and decide for themselves.

I’m not discouraging anyone. I’m simply voicing my opinion and trying to save people a ton of money and time.

IMSMARTIMALAWYERsays

August 15, 2014 at 12:31 pm

First of all, if you have to pay a company to work for the company, its a SCAM. Think about it, what 9-5 job requires you to pay a fee to work…. Hmmmmmmmm none of them do. So if you have to pay a membership fee or a fee for some “training materials” for you to strive within the company, I can guarantee you, its a SCAM. Come on now people, lets stop trying to get rich fast, and do it the old fashion way. Remember the turtle and the hare story… Who won the race in the end.

Going to school may be a longer route, but at least I’m smart enough to recognize a SCAM when I see one, and I’m making pretty good money. Not rich, just comfortable, and I’m happy

Not sure if you are agreeing with me or not, but I’m pretty sure you’re not a lawyer.

josepsays

August 18, 2014 at 12:07 am

Hi,My name is Josep and i am 18 years old. A friend just offered me to be part of wakeupnow. but he said i do not have to pay a membership if i get 3 people with me(which is totally different than what you mentioned). Besides he said it is more than selling products but more recruiting people and making this people recruit more people. i am not sure about this business. Is it about asking people to join and make money for that?. In the case it works like that ,it is cool but weird.He just recruited 12 people and received 600$ for that. so,i do not know what to think honestly.It would be helpful if you explain me a little bit how it starts and end because without that membership payment and getting discounts for many products on different stores,that looks nice but maybe there is a tricky part.thank you.

Nathaniellsays

August 18, 2014 at 12:24 am

There is always a tricky part. You need to recruit 3 members just to join. It’s absolutely NOT a free product.

arthursays

September 20, 2014 at 4:21 pm

No one wants to get rich slow my friend. WEALTH building takes time. But getting rich doesn’t.

The statement you made is an automated response i see time and time again from people who don’t know how to make autopilot income. I avg 14k a month from ONE online business that took me 5 months to build. I feel rich (by my definition) and I can now focus on building wealth over the long term. Im 27 so i have time.

MLM is fine for some people, not for me though. I wouldnt knock it if it helped someone get out of debt etc.

Nathaniellsays

September 20, 2014 at 6:51 pm

LOL. Sorry bro, but there’s no way I believe that. Anyone who’s making $14k per month wouldn’t waste their time on my blog, let alone on this post.

Jake Hsays

July 23, 2014 at 6:44 am

These guys give legitimate Utah businesses such a bad name. It breaks my heart to see so many millions of people that have been scammed by the likes of the owners of this company. Do some research, and look up the Principle owners’ names listed on the BBB (where they don’t have a good rating). Then research some of the other businesses that they’ve owned…..it’s slimey, and I hope people see through this one before they are out too much money.

Just read that the owner’s name is Troy Muhlestein and the company used to be called Wordcraft Systems Inc. I’m checking it out now.

Karensays

July 18, 2014 at 9:16 pm

My son is trying to convince me to join this “business”. I’ve tried to explain to him this is just another pyramid scheme. He thinks I’m just being negative and unsupportative. These companies use people and sell them dreams of becoming millionaires by the age of 25. Really!!!! If it was so, everyone would be millionaires. I guess i will let him bump his head a few times until he comes to his senses.

Don’t know what you mean about it being a two way street, but I do know that if people are looking to make money online, there are ways to do it. I personally find Wake Up Now a terrible choice, so I offer what I think is a better alternative. I don’t see the issue in that.

Desireesays

June 23, 2014 at 4:47 am

This company is absolutely the definition of a pyramid scheme. What legitimate business relies heavily on the recruitment of others? Real companies don’t work that way. And every single “pro” Wake Up Now site I’ve been on does not explain how the company works or its business model. Just that it’s “life changing” and “you’ll retire young” blah blah blah. All this screams SCAM to me. Run people, run!

Where do you work? Does that job have a CEO, Regional and District managers, managers, supervisors and then you amd would it qualify as a pyramid scheme? Only thing is, you can work till you retire and STILL won’t reach that CEO title and let me ask you this, can you go on vacation WHENEVER you wanted to at your job? I’ll tell you that answer is no and wouldn’t that qualify as a scam? If this business isn’t for you, then say so and stop being fed misinformation because I’m on a team where ALL of us are enjoying residual income, can you say that?

Nathaniellsays

July 21, 2014 at 4:43 pm

Don’t believe the “Every business is a pyramid scheme” junk. The CEO of Apple doesn’t sit in an Apple store trying to sell Macs. An Apple store employee is not required to recruit two more employees in order to start making a paycheck. It’s a completely different business, but you have been deceived into thinking differently by the MLM gods.

They are telling you that you are becoming an independent distributor or “business owner”, but you are really just becoming a zombie cheerleader. And not the hot kind.

Ntsuagsays

June 10, 2014 at 6:25 am

I’m so glad I found this page. One of my friend (let’s call her P) at work kept trying to get me to go to one of her business meeting by misleading me to go to her couponing class. I kept telling her that I didn’t need to because I’m an extreme couponer and don’t have the time to go to her so called classes. She was so adamant about me going to her classes. I told her I didn’t need to go and why it was so important for me to be there. I already know how to save money and I’m not going to learn anything new. She replied that she just want to talk about couponing with others. I suggested that we just talk about it on lunch break or share deals on FB. One of my other friend (let’s call her S), who was a novice couponer, went to one of P’s classes. So I asked her how she liked P’s classes. S said the class was broken down into two parts. The first was about how to use manufacture coupons to save at retail stores. The second part was about WUN business. S was pretty that P mislead her to go to a business seminar using bait and switch tactic. I was shocked at hearing this and understood why P was so adamant for me to go to her couponing classes even though I would not benefit from it. P used to offer a lot of “couponing” classes. Now she just post up a lot of WUN promotion scheme, “make 90K in 90 day”, “never work another day in your life”, “9-5 jobs are bad.” She’s only selling the MLM scheme. What about the physical products or services? If you don’t even believe in your products, than whose going to buy them? So then you basically scam 12 friends into paying $100 each, that’s $1200 total so that you can get half a cut of their pay out ($600) every month. That is just dirty. I’m considering to un-friend P on FB. Her posts really makes me upset sometimes, especially the sad stories about families who work hard, went back to schools to get higher degrees, got successful jobs, they end up not having enough time with their families. That is my life and how is that bad. Everyone struggles with finding time with loved ones. Obviously, WUN is not a solution. You don’t get paid within two weeks with WUN. Nor does WUN offer health benefits. Joining WUN is like working a 2nd job trying to find people to join and it actually cost money every month. That’s crazy. Our situations are totally opposite, so I can see why P needs to make the extra money. The difference between me and her is that I have a degree, I make 1.5x more than her (only working part-time), and 2/5 less children than her. Seeing how P struggles really motivates me to continue my education, so that I don’t have to work a 9-5 job on top of running an MLM business just to make ends meet if I do decide to have more children. Thanks for my education that I am able to have a well paid part-time job and be able to enjoy a lot of time with my babies.

It sounds like your friend P is lost in the MLM scheme. Facebook and Instagram is how friends are scamming friends, and the people that benefit are the rich guys at the top of the pyramid, not the ones doing the actual selling. Feel free to educate your mutual friends on Facebook by sharing this post. It’s very sad that “friends” don’t think twice about selling something to you that they don’t really understand.

Rickysays

June 7, 2014 at 6:46 pm

I don’t know I’m the only person that realizes this, but a lot of people from WUN are against jobs, like having a job is a bad thing. And they like to compare jobs to slavery. And when I ask them how WUN not a pyramid scheme, they never give me a straight answer, they ALWAYS say, “well, your job is a pyramid scheme”, and they always post pictures on facebook of a job pyramid, but it’s not telling why WUN not a pyramid scheme.

In a job, they MAKE you money, they don’t TAKE you money like wake up now. It’s no different from Amway, Mary Kay, Herbalife, and Vemma. I rather have a job that pays me $600 a week than being a so-called WUN business owner that only pay little to no money at all.

I am completely unbiased and am not affiliated with this company in any way shape or form. I’ve been doing a lot of research on Wake Up Now… especially on their CEO. It seems to me that the company was founded on the idea of legitimately being able to help people and has a good moral compass.

Just browsing through the comments here I’ve noticed a lot of untrue statements about the company. There are legitimate products and services offered through the hub. Meaning this by definition is not a pyramid scheme. However, it is a MLM network marketing company… but many companies are set up this way. The guys at the top of the food – chain are always going to make more while the little guy gets screwed.

Also, I just wanted to note that wake up now wouldn’t be the people taking care of your taxes they just give you a discount on an app called Tax Bot. Which is an extremely legitimate application designed by a former IRS attorney. Even if you believe wake up now to be nothing more than a scam I stand by Tax Bot… it is actually extremely useful.

“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” -Evelyn Beatrice Hall

Tax bot does not do your taxes. It tracks your tax expenses. And if you think driving to the store can be written off as a tax expense then you have not done your homework. How many people do you think own a car that’s ONLY used for business purposes? It means taxbot will be useless for 99% of people that are in WUN and do not own small businesses or understand how to make business deductions in a proper way.

It just doesn’t make sense to pay in order to get discounts.

A company founded on helping others? Then why are they using fake emails to prove legitimacy with the FTC and why did they change their name from Wordcraft Systems? Why is it required to recruit people in order to get the discounts? Complicated compensation structures are designed to confuse people. If they wanted to be a direct selling company they should have sold memberships to a discount club and been done with it. Being an MLM makes this company a worthless scam in my eyes.

Joseph Asays

June 7, 2014 at 7:45 pm

You say your unbiased, but all I read was a biased paragraph of how great WUN is

Alexsays

May 31, 2014 at 9:50 am

It’s unbelievable how far people will go trying to get you to join this. I have close friends, acquaintances, and people who I’ve rarely ever spoken to contacting me like a bunch of fools. “Hey bro I have this business opportunity. Live the life you want to live, retire young, wah wah”. It’s disappointing. The golden part is that these people also tried drooping me into joining vemma last year. Why is genuine work being avoided? All these silly schemes are eating away at everyone and soon no one is going to work for themselves. They’ll just sit there and try to take the easy way. Also, once you say anything negative about wake up now, the members swarm you with insults and remind you how poor you are because they assume they’ll actually get money doing it. They sound like a weird hybrid of jay z and Warren Buffett. When this goes under I will be the first one to say I told you so.

“I’d rather be working for a paycheck, than waiting to win the lottery”.

Yes Wake Up Now is a pure scam. Wake Up Now also has a pending application with the Direct Selling Association. The application will be in pending status for one year, During that time, We as consumers have the right to voice our opinion and provide DSA with our personal experiences. I encourage all to do so.

The company is on the verge of bankruptcy. I am committed to tell the truth about Wake Up Now. My God Daughter is brainwashed and broke. It hurts my heart to see her this way. Everyone please go on social media and tell everyone to read thier annual report and file a complaint with the DSA.

Lalol.. They got me.. BUT, I did my research and stopped from letting this get out of hand…True I did sign up but I didn’t pay anything… And I can get my 3 people to get there own 3 but when I called WUN the story is different. they advertise that you will make 600 a month for the life of the company. but if any of the people quit it take away your monthly income. Also you have to have your pyramid set up before the end of the month or you won’t get paid on the 15th…People are making money with this one, ( I have a friend who signed up her whole family, over 100 people so she is gonna get 5,500 next month.) but someone is getting the short end of the stick… But its ok, I still got IR. they do pay and people do get something when they sign up..

True, someone gets paid and someone gets the short end of the stick. It’s funny how much hate Wall Street and corporate CEOs get, then WUN comes around and people think it’s awesome. The sad truth is that the rich people are at the top, and you have to stomp on your friends and family to earn an income. Thanks for the comment.

billsays

May 7, 2014 at 8:21 am

just in case people dont see brainwashed people like Roxys posts, ill post a reply i said to them here for more exposure:

Roxy if you actually went to college or took any business classes you’d see how foolish you sound.

“It’s not the opportunity to make money that’s for sale, it’s what they have to offer.” FALSE, it is 100% the opportunity to make money that is for sale. ill try to lay it out easily for you, and other people who got brainwashed, so hopefully YOU wake up, like….now.

– just to “make” money you need to recruit 3 people who each get 3 people. – every month you dont reach that goal you are losing 100+ dollars. – even if you sign up and accomplish that goal one day 1, you still dont make any money till next month, where you pay another 100 dollars. – you’ve now spent 200+ dollars to “make 600”. its only 400 net dollars. not too shabby youll say, but you dont just fall into 12 saps. it takes a lot of work, and its just the beginning. – its also 8 weeks bare minimum, aka 50 bucks a week BEST case scenario. you can mow lawns and make more money than that. you could probably sell lemonade and make more money. – even in the following months its 125 dollars a week, pre tax. not great when you think about it – to recap: thats 12 people, 13 including you, in your downstream before you get ANYTHING. – meanwhile you, and everyone in your “crew” is paying 100+ dollars a month. – so at minimum you and your stream are giving WUN 1300 dollars a month, and in return they give you 600. – so once you DO reach the first level, you’d realize you and you’re “crew” are just giving a company 800 dollars in profit (because remember, after paying your 100$ monthly fee youre really only getting 500 bucks. and thats pre tax.) without them selling a single product. – not to mention the value of all the advertising you give them over social media/word of mouth. even if you dont convert people it still gets their name out there, and virtually for free. – now think about all the additional money you, and your downstream, spend on their sub par crap (that you can find for free online anyways, ex. priceline, travelocity) and it gets even more ridiculous.

if only you listened to logic you would leave your cult. i hope a) this comment gets approved and b) you read it roxy (AND anyone else in the cult, OR anyone on the fence deciding if its legit or not – which its not). if you’re an open minded person you will take it seriously, do some critical thinking, and WAKE UP NOW to get a real job. dont be a slave to a pyramid.

P.S. they make it sound so easy “oh just get 3 people who each get 3 people!!”. but getting 3 people who then get 3 people isnt: a) easy and b) nearly enough. you have to constantly “grind” for new leads just to break even since if at any point someone in your downstream quits you need to replace them to continue getting money.

tl;dr: no tl;dr, take 5 mins and read the dang thing. youll be thankful you didnt get duped by WUN. and it’ll help you spot other MLM/pyramid schemes like verve.

for people too lazy to read the webpages review: WUN is a scam. its a MLM/pyramid scheme. yes people make money, but those people arent you – its the founders and their cronies who are then ~1% making actual money. you think it’ll be quick and easy money from home, but you’re better off working a part/full time job virtually anywhere – even a place like mcdonalds, at least you get free meals there.

Thank you so much for this article. I am from Mexico City and it is unbelievable how this scam is spreading everywhere like a virus, all because of one thing: Ignorance. I’m posting this on my facebook among with other stuff I already have there, so REAL information can be read. Thanks for it.

Be prepared for a backlash! WUNer’s are very defensive of their new way of life, as is common in cults and other mind control groups. I hope you are able to prevent your friends from spending too much money on this 🙂

Anthonysays

April 24, 2014 at 7:17 pm

So it is clearly a pyramid scheme with subpar products, I plan on joining still, not to promote the ridiculous unrealistic things that they promote. Btw I am a full time student, who just got out of the Air Force and my primary job is a Surgical Tech. So I make decent money right now. To be honest I think this company will eventually go under, but it is annoying to see completely uneducated idiot making money off this product, which compelled me to join (ironic lol). So basically you join and get three people under you, which pays for your 100 dollar monthly fee, then you get each of your three people to get three people and that’s a $600 earning. (Minus the 100 monthly fee, so $500 earning) If I can make an extra $500 dollars and get my friends/family making an extra $500 until the company goes under I am okay with that.

Ha! Well, I can’t blame you for being honest. It sounds like you know what you’re getting yourself into, so good luck 🙂

Anthonysays

April 24, 2014 at 7:56 pm

Haha thanks for the honesty, yea I do, I mean it’s free money in the meantime and I’m not going to completely mislead people under me; in going to be realistic with them, you can only really make so much money. But $500 extra in the meantime won’t hurt me lol.

billsays

May 7, 2014 at 7:07 am

except your friends and family will have a hard time making “free money”

say you get your significant other, mom and dad as your 3 people. you’ll need to work pretty hard to get them to recruit 3 people unless you know a ton of gullible people and or they are tech/sales savvy. get that done? boom 500 bucks (pre tax) for you. but now you need to really help them each have their 3 people get 3 more people so your family can make that “free” ~500 bucks, or else you’ll just be profiting off their misery. and ideally the people your friends/family recruited will have to be motivated to at the very least stay in their low position on the pyramid, because im assuming you lose your money if people in your downstream quit.

starts off looking so easy. but if you actually care about the people in your downstream and not just making money it takes so much time, effort, and lack of morals (actively scamming people) to make less than 500 bucks a month, you’re better off just getting a part time job at mcdonalds or something and at least getting free meals or other perks out of it.

do people make money off this? yes. but its less than 1%, and they’re the inner circle who started it and their close friends. everyone else is in their downstream clawing for cash.

moral of the story: if something sounds too good to be true, it is. if you still wanna do this knowing exactly what it is, go for it. i just suggest you do NOT use your family and/or friends for your 3 people, big risk of fucking them over

Marthasays

April 23, 2014 at 10:36 pm

I just went to a recruiting reunion last night, invited by a very good friend who is in desperate need of making money ( this is in Mexico, so excuse any english grammar mistakes). It just sounded too good to be truth and when I asked about all the benefits from the card they told me up front ” do not worry about that right now, just find the right people willing to find more people for your line . Still, who doesn’t want to make some extra money ? So here I am doing my research to find the hidden truth about WUN and decide what to do. I will pass.

Good move Martha. Your story tells clearly exactly what these guys are up to. “don’t worry about the products, just get people into your downline”. There are plenty of legit ways to make extra money online, a few of them are discussed here on my site.

Jansays

April 23, 2014 at 6:47 pm

Thank you for posting this! I always see this scam on facebook and instagram and it’s annoying. No one ever explains the strategy either, it’s all “You can retire on this” or “I’m building my empire”. blah blah blah another pyramid scheme for people who don’t want to work.

Thank you! Another vote in my direction 🙂 Now, if I could just convince Roxy (commenter below) of the same!

Roxy Davissays

April 23, 2014 at 3:09 pm

It’s all about being open-minded, honestly. I used to think anything that offered money for advertising was a scam. But once I became a business student and thoroughly researched network marketing I learned that companies such as Wake Up Now are in fact NOT pyramid schemes. Wake Up Now is a direct selling company (the marketing and selling of products directly to consumers away from a fixed retail location). A few other direct selling companies include Pampered Chef, Herbalife, Mary Kay, Primerica, and one of the very first direct selling companies, AVON. I don’t see anyone calling AVON a pyramid scheme even though there are some lotions and cosmetics that are cheaper and better. Some people just have a preference. Some people can benefit from it more than others. Wake Up Now, just like AVON, offers various products and services to financially help you by saving and managing money. People can make money when they tell others about the company as well. However, they are not told to sell the opportunity to make money. They are told to market the products and services. Please keep in mind, PEOPLE JOIN PEOPLE, NOT COMPANIES. Wake Up Now offers the same products and services to everyone. It’s the people who sell those products and services that give people the outlook they have on the company. I joined Wake Up Now through a friend of mine and I can honestly say that it is beneficial in every way, shape and form for me personally. I’m a mother with a family so the $400 in monthly savings helps me more than any other method of saving money I’ve tried. The Vacation Club gives me the opportunity to take my family on the trips they deserve to go on. Now I can show my baby girl the world! WUN Protect actually does work! I had Norton and McAfee before WUN Protect and I still had viruses when I had them but with WUN Protect I haven’t had one. Taxbot gives me more money back in my tax return and teaches me how to become a real business owner. Finance helps you get out of debt two times faster and helps you manage you money on a month to month basis. I paid off $1200 worth of debt in one month. And although I can spend find some things cheaper other places, none of those places give me cash back so I’m actually paying less when I do buy certain things. The moral of the story is, you can’t knock something until you try it with a positive and open mind. If you try it out with the intention that it’s a waste of time and money that’s exactly what it will be to you. But if you go into it open minded with he intent to really give it a try you’ll see it for what it’s worth and you can decide if it’s for you or not. We all have different living situations. I’m a single mother and full time student. What’s affordable to you may not be affordable for me. What might be beneficial to my financial situation might not do a thing for yours. So that’s why its important to sell the product. The money you make should just be thought of as a bonus – in fact, that’s exactly what it is. Some people just do business the wrong way. A pyramid scheme is an unsustainable business model that involves promising participants payment or services, primarily for enrolling other people into the scheme, rather than supplying any real investment or sale of products or services to the public. As I said before, Wake Up Now is beneficial for me. Because the people I refer as well as myself are benefiting from the products and services we are able to be successful because we’re doing just that. You don’t have to sell the product to receive the product. That’s given to you regardless. Think of Sam’s Club, BJ’s,Costco or any other wholesale membership store for example. You have to pay a monthly or annual fee to become a member so you can shop there to receive their products/services. Sometimes, you can get the same items and the same quantity cheaper elsewhere. But there are other things that you can still benefit from there so you keep your membership. It’s as simple as that!

Here’s a video I made explaining Wake Up Now, their products, their prices and their compensation plan [Removed, nice try]. Maybe you could get a better idea of exactly what they provide to the public and some of the benefits. Wake Up Now showed me different aspects of business and their compensation plan indeed can be beneficial if you do things the right way. My name is Roxy. I’m 20 years old, a single mother, and a full-time student. I am an Independent Business Owner with Wake Up Now, a hairstylist and a virgin hair distributor. I am also self employed. Wake Up Now has helped me meet different people from different cities, states and countries. I’ve had the opportunity to establish business connects and reach financial freedom as well. I never thought I’d have an opportunity this great at 20 years old as a single mother. But as long as you keep a positive mind and stay open to try new things you’ll make it as far as you want to. Wake Up Now has truly blessed me and given me more than $100 could ever buy me.

You obviously did not read the review. People in WUN profit by marketing the opportunity, not the products, because the products are crap. Why do you think you just spend 20 minutes typing a comment trying to get people to your YouTube video and convince people to join? If WUN’s products were that great, they would speak for themselves, and would not need an army of Instagram spammers trying to recruit.

Your “review” sounds like it was taken directly off of the WUN sales page.

I would not trust my computer to WUN antivirus and I sure as hell would not trust them to do my taxes.

Roxy Davissays

April 23, 2014 at 6:47 pm

Why is it that you approved my last comment but not the reply to this?

Nathaniellsays

April 23, 2014 at 6:52 pm

Because I deal with comments like this all day long, and don’t have time to get into another internet argument today. You said your piece, I replied and approved your comment. I don’t want 2000 words of WUN promotion misleading my readers into thinking that you are actually making money doing this. If you really are that successful with this company, you should be working on your business instead of trolling mine trying to prove me wrong.

Erick Fernandezsays

April 26, 2014 at 7:53 am

Nathaniel your answers to her comments sound very ignorant and defensive. I read your article and you are using your opinion for one company to promote your One More Cup of Coffee business. If this review was truly meant to “expose” Wake Up Now then there is no need to promote yours in the end. Try joining the company, see what it really feels like and then come back and write a review. REAL journalists get in other people’s shoes to write their REAL articles.

Nathaniellsays

April 26, 2014 at 7:56 am

I’m not a journalist. I’m a blogger that helps people start websites and make money from them. It’s my personal opinion that WUN is a waste of money and creates cultish zombies like yourself that troll websites crying because I don’t like their company.

billsays

May 7, 2014 at 7:15 am

lol i actually doubled up laughing when you said their anti virus was good. first of all, youre so computer illiterate i bet you have even more adware, malware, and viruses than ever, they just hide it from you. if you were smart you would just use a free version of AVG, never use internet explorer (use firefox, chrome, opra, etc), and use adblock. those 3 simple things with half a brain for a bit of internet discretion (ie. not clicking on obviously bad links/downloads) and you wont get any viruses.

as for the rest of your post its pure crap. used car salesmen are better and less annoying, keep working on it and you might join the 1%er’s though i highly doubt it.

Katsays

April 23, 2014 at 9:07 am

Finally! You let out the truth! Props to you! Let me tell you all my friends and others are so annoying and advertisin this so people can join ! Literally they get mad and desperate becAuse they want us to go to their shows ! Honestly ! Im 21 ive been working since 17-18 with little part times! Im fine lol just go to school institues something average that can help you get a higher salary! The people who join this have clearly not worked or busted their asses for a pay check! Im not saying work forever but in this life nothing is free or easy so just by you recruiting 3 ppl you think $600/month is alot? Lol 600 finishes in 3 weeks ppl ! Maybe yall need to SleepNOW & wake up & work like everyone else! Plus theres millions of discounts online ! Sadly people dont research! Peace & Love -Kat

Haha. I like that “sleep now, then wake up and work”. You should send this review to your friends and try to break the spell. Or you can just let it pass. These popular schemes come around every once in a while, then they fade out as everyone becomes bored paying money into the system and getting nothing out. You can only recruit so many of your friends before the pyramid bottom can’t grow anymore.

Thanks for the comment Kat.

Isabella Vitolosays

April 19, 2014 at 10:11 pm

I am in the Military and I know many people who are promoting this company like crazy. I agree that it is a pyramid scheme. I know people who promote and promote it all over their Facebook and it sounds really pathetic and desperate to me. If you have to continually convince people that this company will make them more money its probably a scam. Funny thing is they don’t explain that once you join you have to recruit your three people to start getting paid. Its time consuming and success rate is not that great.

I didn’t know that you had to recruit three people to even start making money…now that’s a pyramid scheme if I ever saw one. It’s so sad to see people promote this junk to people the love and care about.

Brittanysays

April 19, 2014 at 2:33 am

I’m in wake up now and it was easier then it seems . I mean I’m making money plus connecting with ppl across the world . It’s promotion just like you did for the company you work for . It’s marketing everywhere . Just like when you say ” I love Starbucks ” without getting paid . I just so happen to benefit from WakeUpNow .

The difference between what I do and what you do is that I don’t have to pay people to recommend their products. I would take a good hard look at the crowd mentality and cult-culture that places like Wake Up Now breed, and think twice before getting your friends into it.

There are a good chunk of people in my town that recently joined this, and they are recruiting others by instagram and facebook. It’s pretty funny because they’re basically pitching that by joining their Wake Up Now team, they will be creating themselves a better life and a great opportunity for financial success rather than working at a part or full time job

And of course that’s all part of the fascade. Tell people they will become successful, and you will become successful. They repeat the process. Evenetually, you run out of people.

Nathaniellsays

April 10, 2014 at 8:41 am

BTW how do they promote it via Instagram?

Angelicasays

April 12, 2014 at 7:56 pm

They post pictures of the logo, and in the caption they write practically an essay on how awesome it is, how you will be successful if you try hard, by joining you are creating your own business and that they should join because celebrities are joining too. It got to the point where they claimed every business is a pyramid scheme, you just have to stop following the poor and follow the rich. It’s very irritating haha.

Nathaniellsays

April 13, 2014 at 7:06 pm

Lots of MLM companies do that – they tell you McDonalds and Apple are pyramids to make people think that “the world is wrong” instead of the the company being wrong. Many believe them, then come to my blog to tell me what an idiot I am! LOL

Roxy Davissays

April 23, 2014 at 3:16 pm

It’s not the opportunity to make money that’s for sale, it’s what they have to offer. That’s clearly stated in their terms and conditions. That’s exactly why I make sure anybody who signs up under me carefully read and acknowledge the terms and conditions. People don’t join companies, they join people. That’s why it’s important to work with people who are honest!

Nathaniellsays

April 23, 2014 at 4:59 pm

Sounds like a bunch of rhetoric fed to you by WUN.

Roxy Davissays

April 23, 2014 at 5:45 pm

Actually, that’s something I learned in college from my Business Marketing professor. Do you know the difference between direct selling and a pyramid scheme? Do you research these things? Do you have the educational knowledge and expertise to distinguish the two? Or are you one of those people who just look at something, go with YOUR opinion and call it a day?

Nathaniellsays

April 23, 2014 at 6:25 pm

If you are in WUN I highly doubt YOU realize the difference.

billsays

May 7, 2014 at 7:33 am

Roxy if you actually went to college or took any business classes you’d see how foolish you sound.

“It’s not the opportunity to make money that’s for sale, it’s what they have to offer. ” FALSE, it is 100% the opportunity to make money that is for sale. ill try to lay it out easily for you, and other people who got brainwashed, so hopefully YOU wake up, like….now.

-just to “make” money you need to recruit 3 people who each get 3 people. -thats 12 people, 13 including you, in your downstream before you get ANYTHING. -meanwhile you, and everyone in your “crew” is paying 100 dollars a month bare minimum. -so you and your stream give WUN 1300 dollars a month, and in return they give you 600 (500 after you pay them back 100). – and thats assuming you get 3 people who also each get 3 people in your first month. the longer it takes you to reach the first plateau, the more money you lose. -if you had a brain you’d realize you just gave a company 800 dollars in profit (because remember, after paying your 100$ monthly fee youre really only getting 500 bucks. and thats pre tax.) without them selling a single product. -now think about all the additional money you, and your downstream, spend on their sub par crap (that you can find for free online anyways, ex. priceline, travelocity) and it gets even more ridiculous.

*if only you listened to logic you would leave your cult. i hope a) this comment gets approved and b) you read it roxy. if youre so open minded you will take it seriously and do some critical thinking and WAKE UP NOW and get a real job. dont be a slave to a pyramid.*

P.S. they make it sound so easy “oh just get 3 people who get 3 people!!”. but getting 3 people who get 3 people isnt enough. you have to constantly “grind” for new leads just to break even since, i assume, if at any point someone in your down stream quits you need to replace them to continue getting money.

anonymoussays

March 25, 2014 at 11:18 pm

Finally a legit website exposing this “company”. I Googled wake up now scam and all I got were people who work for them who tried to use a bait and switch in the article. Real petty. If I was an idiot I would have fell for it. I had to search high and low for this article.thank you for doing it good sir.

It is absolutely a scam. A pyramid scheme just like every other Multi-Level-Marketing trap that has come out lately.

Nathaniellsays

March 7, 2014 at 5:38 am

Just like every other one. I agree.

Rick Jantzsays

February 19, 2014 at 1:00 pm

Glad you exposed this company for what it is…a sham. I had a friend contact me with the “offers” you noted above. I asked him some questions, things I needed to know to make a decision, and all he could keep saying was , “You can make a lot of money.” All talk, no answers. I said bye.

The crazy part is that they ask people to “wake up” but in fact they are hypnotizing them into the mindless trans of MLM. People with open eyes are the ones that will see the truth behind this company.